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AR Kits - Building a rifle

Does anyone have any experience, advice, or supplier links for me about building my own rifle. I have found numerous websites that sell AR kits, including 80% lower receivers as well as kits that include the rest of the rifle.
Ultimately I would like to build both an AR-15 and Ar-10 rifle. But I really want a .308 caliber rifle. I have access to some fancy drilling equipment and such, so building it shouldn't be too much of a challenge... Even though I've never done anything like it before.

I have been please with http://www.del-ton.com they have good prices and good quality. I have a really nice shooter in 5.56mm made with a kit from them. I would suggest that you spend the money and get the crome lined barrel. For a finished receiver I would look at Stag. I used one for the above build and have been pleased. If you want to roll your own I would try http://www.tacticalmachining.com . They have 7.62 and 5.56 80% receivers and the jigs to complete them. If I can do it, anyone can. If I can make any more suggestions let me know. Good luck.

Thanks everybody for the replies. The reason for anyone (myself) for building your own AR platform, seems to me to worth the risk of something going wrong... PRIVACY. Plus, a very personalized rifle is nice.
I've done a little bit of research on the pressure for the "different" calibers, and my conclusion is that Sgl21-61 is right... According to my research at least. One question that I have is, can you slap a piston driven bolt carrier group in a build from one of the 80% receiver makers, like Del-ton? I want to run a chromed bolt carrier and barrel setup like the Rugar 556. I would consider buying one privately, but as yet that has been hard to find. Even though the Rugar is a little on the heavy side, I still think that it is the way to go (in terms of Chromed bolt & barrel).

So does anyone know if a piston setup would work in one of the unfinished kits that Del-ton or AR15-kits.com offer? And do any of the AR kit sites offer the Piston option? So far I haven't been able to find this information